Exploring Two-dimensional Electron Gases with Two-dimensional Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896777
Abstract
The dephasing of the Fermi edge singularity excitations in two modulation doped single quantum wells of 12 nm and 18 nm thickness and in-well carrier concentration of ∼4 × 1011 cm−2 was carefully measured using spectrally resolved four-wave mixing (FWM) and two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFT) spectroscopy. Although the absorption at the Fermi edge is broad at this doping level, the spectrally resolved FWM shows narrow resonances. Two peaks are observed separated by the heavy hole/light hole energy splitting. Temperature dependent “rephasing” (S1) 2DFT spectra show a rapid linear increase of the homogeneous linewidth with temperature. The dephasing rate increases faster with temperature in the narrower 12 nm quantum well, likely due to an increased carrier-phonon scattering rate. The S1 2DFT spectra were measured using co-linear, cross-linear, and co-circular polarizations. Distinct 2DFT lineshapes were observed for co-linear and cross-linear polarizations, suggesting the existence of polarization dependent contributions. The “two-quantum coherence” (S3) 2DFT spectra for the 12 nm quantum well show a single peak for both co-linear and co-circular polarizations.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
The Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 141, issue 13, art. 134505
Scholar Commons Citation
Paul, J.; Dey, P.; Tokumoto, T.; Reno, J. L.; Hilton, D. J.; and Karaiskaj, D., "Exploring Two-dimensional Electron Gases with Two-dimensional Fourier Transform Spectroscopy" (2014). Physics Faculty Publications. 104.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/phy_facpub/104
